Huron County Council heard a presentation from a homebuilder calling for more attainable housing.
Daniel Segal of Segal Construction in Toronto shared ideas for building attainable housing that could be implemented within Huron County.
His company started constructing smaller, affordably priced housing units when the City of Toronto started to allow laneway homes and additional dwelling units.
The benefit of what his company builds is that the housing units are pre-fabricated, and then shipped already completed and assembled, to then be placed on available lots as needed.
The units can then be managed under the county’s housing authority or sold on the open market.
Segal says that it would be advantageous for the county to allow for developments where individual homes are priced under $500,000, which is what his company provides.
The delegation offered a proposed notice of motion for the county to transfer development to a local non-profit organization and tender property management for the proposed units, but council simply received the presentation as information.